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Did you know there are at least 1,350 active volcanoes around the world, and roughly 20 active volcanic eruptions on any given day? While many of them occur deep under the ocean – most volcanoes are ...

Satellite images have captured a rare volcanic eruption that occurred Sunday at Ethiopia’s Hayli Gubbi volcano, sending towering ash plumes toward Yemen and Oman. The eruption is the first recorded ...

NASA released satellite images showing the activity of Ethiopia’s dormant Hayli Gubbi volcano, which marked its first recorded eruption on November 23. The Hayli Gubbi volcano in northern Ethiopia ...

Streams of molten lava flowed from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano overnight Saturday into Sunday, ahead of another eruption expected to take shape in the coming days, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

When the Black Death swept through Europe beginning in 1347, the plague wiped out more than half of the continent’s population, upending societies and interrupting wars. New research suggests that a ...

A volcanic eruption in 1345 may have kicked off a series of events that led to the Black Death sweeping through medieval Europe. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

The Black Death — one of the deadliest pandemics in human history, estimated to have killed up to half of Europe’s population — might have been set in motion by a volcanic eruption, a new study ...

A long-dormant volcano erupted in northern Ethiopia over the weekend, sending ash plumes across the Red Sea toward Yemen and Oman. The Hayli Gubbi volcano in the Afar region of Ethiopia erupted on ...

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake shook Hawaii on Tuesday night, striking on the southern side of the Kilauea volcano, which has had dozens of eruptions in recent months. The earthquake occurred at 11:49 p.m ...

Volcanic activity in northern Ethiopia’s Hayli Gubbi volcano has subsided days after an eruption ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia -- Volcanic activity in northern Ethiopia’s long-dormant Hayli Gubbi volcano ...